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Jun 13, 2024 · The Labour Party has launched its 2024 election manifesto. The document sets out what the party's plans would be, should it win the election on 4 July. Here BBC correspondents have analysed...
May 27, 2024 · Labour’s policy to secure Britain’s borders will see the introduction of more staff to process claims and return people to safe countries, clearing the asylum backlog, and a new cross-border police unit smashing criminal people-smuggling gangs by using counter-terror style tactics.
Apr 13, 2024 · Labour will: Smash the criminal gangs by using counter-terror style tactics – strengthening powers and using the full force of Britain’s. intelligence and policing to destroy the evil business model of human trafficking.
Labour will make sure we have strong national security, secure borders, and economic stability. Building on these secure foundations, we have already set out the first steps for change. Today we present further policies in this manifesto, as part of the journey of rebuilding our country.
- Economy. New fiscal rules: Labour has said it will give more power to the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) and implement “tough fiscal rules” to ensure economic stability.
- Energy. £28bn green energy pledge: Labour has been forced to deny it is dropping plans to spend £28bn a year on green initiatives due to the state of public finances.
- Health. Two million extra NHS appointments: Speaking at his party’s conference in Liverpool last October, Sir Keir said he would spend £1.1bn per year ensuring an additional 40,000 out-of-hours appointments each week in a bid to clear the growing NHS backlog – which would be funded by scrapping non-dom tax status.
- Environment. Crackdown on water bosses: Shadow Environment Secretary Steve Reed told i that water executives responsible for illegally dumping raw sewage would be personally pursued by Labour with criminal sanctions.
Jun 13, 2024 · Labour’s first steps for change show how we will begin to achieve those missions, with plans to deliver economic stability, cut NHS waiting times, launch a new Border Security Command, set up Great British Energy, crackdown on antisocial behaviour and recruit 6,500 new teachers.
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Jun 13, 2024 · Our policy tracker below combines what the Labour Party wants to say (through its manifesto and press releases) with what it doesn’t (through answers in media interviews). It is arranged chronologically.
